Streams on generator

[MalHavoc]

Hi, Roger,

Odd question again (I seem to come up with them). Have you guys ever tried running a Stream on a gas generator for a long period of time? Being on the east coast, we lose our power a fair bit due to ice storms and such, and because of that, I end up running my tank on a Colemen genenerator for a few hours a few days a year. I've not really looked at the waveform the generator puts out, but it's probably not a nice sine wave. Just wondering if the stream plays well with that sort of thing. I've run my other powerheads on the generator without problem in the past.

 

[rvitko]

The Streams draw hardly any power, save yourself the trouble and just get a good size Battery type UPS. The battery can run one for sometime at least a few hours and no gas fumes or worrying about how clean the power is. If you can just provide some flow and keep the tank warm everything can survive for a good while.

 

[MalHavoc]

I've had to keep my tank up and running once for 32 hours without power in the dead of an Eastern Canada winter, so I know about heating and water movement The reason I ask about the generator is that it's already wired into my electrical panel with an auto start, so the power is already in place in the case of a power outage. I was just wondering if anyone has ever run the streams on generator power to see how they cope. The generator itself is out in my garage.

 

[rvitko]

I suppose you are used to bad weather . Austin is closed today, about 3" of snow/sleet. It doesn't normally get this cold here so we are ill equipped to deal with the roads. Most people can't get out of the driveway. Sounds like you have a great set up, possibly just add a surge suppressor but the Electronic stream is very adaptable as the transformer cushions the load and the driver generates its own frequency. I am not sure exactly what the result will be but I expect it would be better than a conventional pump.